It may have be an off-year race, but Tuesday’s election was a big night for politics in Clark County.

Initial returns show Anne McEnerny-Ogle will be Vancouver’s next mayor, winning nearly 75 percent of the vote.

Her win is also a historic one: McEnerny-Ogle will become the first female mayor in the city’s 160-year history.

“We didn’t talk about the fact that I would be the first woman,” McEnerny-Ogle said while celebrating at a victory party at Warehouse 23. “It was about, ‘Am I the most qualified?’ And I think with nearly 75 percent of the vote, residents know I have the qualifications to do this job.”

McEnerny-Ogle led a five-person primary race in August with 63 percent of the vote.

Her opponent, Steven Cox, bowed out of the general election unexpectedly in September. In recent weeks, write-in candidate Jonathon Sauerwein announced he would jump in the mayoral race to make it competitive again, but he received less than 1 percent of the vote.

Joining McEnerny-Ogle on the City Council are Alishia Topper, who won re-election for her Position 2 seat, and Linda Glover, who defeated Michelle Beardshear with 66 percent of the vote in the race for Position 3.

Glover said she hopes to be a voice for downtown Vancouver businesses at the council. She is the executive director of Divine Consign, a discount furniture store downtown.

“There hasn’t been a strong voice for small businesses,” Glover said Tuesday. “I’m excited to represent that.”